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Meteor Activity Outlook for January 31-February 6, 2015
February is the start of the fireball season, when an abundance of fireballs seem to occur. This lasts well into April and seems to occur mostly during the early evening hours...
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 24-30, 2015
During this period the moon reaches its first quarter phase on Monday January 26th. At this time the moon is located 90 degrees east of the sun and will set near midnight local standard time (LST)…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 17-23, 2015
This period is dominated by numerous weak radiants best observed during the morning hours. The moon reaches its new phase on Tuesday January 20th. At this time the moon is located near the sun and…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 10-16, 2015
Meteor over Mercedes County Observatory, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011) @Luis Argerich - http://goo.gl/8hNvTm Radiant Positions at 8pm Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude Radiant Positions at…
Bolide over Bucharest, Romania (videos)
Videos of a large fireball (actually a bolide ), that exploded over Bucharest, Romania, early Wednesday show night turning to day. The event took place at 3:05 Local Time on January 7th. Witnesses…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 3-9, 2015
Quadrantid meteor over Alberta, Canada (2011) Photograph by Yuichi Takasaka, TWAN - © Radiant Positions at 8pm Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time…
Huge Fireball Over Northeastern USA - December 29th, 2014
The American Meteor Society has received over 1500 reports of a bright fireball on Monday, December 29, 2014. It was observed over a large portion of the eastern USA stretching from Maine southward…
Meteor Shower Activity for December 27, 2014-January 2, 2015
Dee Campton - December 14, 2014 @ 22:03. Martinsville, Virginia looking SE. Radiant Positions at 8pm Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time from 40N…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 20-26, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude Radiant positions at 4am Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Monday December…
Viewing the Ursid Meteor Shower in 2014
Geminid meteor over Colțești, Romania - © Sergiu Bacioiu The week before Christmas is not one usually devoted to meteor observing. That is unfortunate as an obscure shower known as the Ursids reaches…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 13-19, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude Radiant positions at 4am Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude During this period the moon reaches its last quarter phase on Sunday…
Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2014
Geminid Meteors seen at Midnight Geminid Meteors seen at 5am The Geminid meteor shower is now active and will reach maximum activity on Saturday evening/Sunday morning December 13/14. Activity is…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 6-12, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude Radiant positions at 4am Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Saturday…
Buffalo Fireball
Over 200 reports were logged within the first hour following a bright fireball event near Buffalo New York, Wednesday night at approximately 8:30 Eastern Time. Witnesses from Maryland, Virginia…
Meteor Activity Outlook for November 29-December 5, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude Radiant positions at 4am Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude No matter where you live, the first half of December provides some…
Meteor Activity Outlook for November 22-28, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude Radiant positions at 4am Local Standard Time from 40N Latitude During this period the moon reaches its new phase on Saturday…
Meteor Activity Outlook for November 15-21, 2014
Radiant Positions at Midnight Local Standard Time Radiant positions at 4am Local Standard Time During this period the moon wanes from half illuminated to nearly its new phase. During this entire…
Meteor Time-lapse
Professional photographer Wes Eisenhauer was filming the Milky Way galaxy in South Dakota, when he noticed something moving out of the corner of his eye. After replaying his timelapse footage, he…